"Once invented, boardgames spread like wildfire, with little regard for linguistic barriers or cultural borders."

In this Research Reel, Postdoctoral Scholar Jacob Schmidt-Madsen presents his recent work on Dadu, an enigmatic boardgame exclusively played by the Dawoodi Bohra in western India. Using the Digital Ludeme Project database, he traces its individual components through time and space, making sense of the game's history.

Publication

• Schmidt-Madsen, Jacob. "Discovering Dadu: A Ludemic Enigma from South Asia." Board Game Studies Journal 18 (2024): 75–118. https://doi.org/10.2478/bgs-2024-0004.